JP3218070U - Luminous gemstone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a luminous gemstone to which various light decorations can be added, such as the whole gemstone can be illuminated. In a decorative body 10 in which a jewel 11 such as a pearl having translucency is fixed to a base 31, the jewel has an insertion hole 14 provided from the outside to the inside, and the LED light emitter emits light inside. The portion 21 is arranged so that the emitted light can be visually recognized from the outside. When the jewel is a pearl, the nacreous layer 13 has a concealed reflection property that the light emitting portion cannot be visually recognized from the outside when the light emitting portion is not emitting light, and the light emitting transparency that allows the light emission to be visually recognized from the outside when the light emitting portion is emitting light. It has a multilayer crystal structure with light properties. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a decorative structure using a luminous gemstone.

In patent document 1, LED, a battery, and a light emission circuit are arrange | positioned on the base provided with the attachment means to a body, clothes, etc., a jewel is arrange | positioned on LED, and a new decoration effect is carried out by making LED light-emit. Decorative products that have created the are proposed.
However, in the invention according to Patent Document 1, since the LED is not disposed in the jewel, but the LED is disposed in the lower part of the jewel, the decoration effect by light is limited. In particular, there was a problem that it was difficult to shine the entire jewel. Further, in the case of a highly transparent jewel, there is a risk that the LED disposed at the lower part can be seen from the outside through the jewel, thereby reducing the value of the gem as a valuable item.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-162312

An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting gemstone to which various light decorations can be added, for example, the whole gemstone can be illuminated.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a luminescent gem that does not reduce the value of the jewel by the light emitting portion.

The present invention provides a decorative body in which a translucent jewel is fixed to a base, the jewel includes an insertion hole provided from the outside to the inside, and a light emitting portion is disposed inside the insertion hole, Provided is a light-emitting gemstone configured to be able to visually recognize light emitted from a light-emitting portion.
The jewel can be implemented as a pearl having a translucent nucleus and a pearl layer covering the outer periphery thereof. The insertion hole extends from the nacreous layer to the nucleus, and the nacreous layer has a concealed reflection property that the light emitting portion cannot be visually recognized from the outside when the light emitting portion is not emitting light, and the light emitting portion In a state where the portion emits light, it is preferable to have a multilayer crystal structure having light-transmitting translucency so that the emitted light can be visually recognized from the outside. It is also desirable that the insertion hole includes an opening that reaches the nucleus from the outside and a cavity that is larger than the opening formed in the nucleus.

The light emitting part protrudes from the base, and the light emitting part is configured to be inserted into the insertion hole and fixed with an inner wall of the light emitting part, so that the light emitting part is made of the jewel. It can be used as a fixing means to the base.
The light emitting unit is configured by an LED, and can be implemented as a control unit that controls the light emitting state of the LED and a power source arranged on the base.

The present invention has been able to provide a light-emitting gemstone to which various light decorations can be added, such as making the whole gemstone shine, by arranging a light-emitting portion inside the gemstone.
In addition, the present invention provides a luminous gemstone with a pearl layer that cannot transmit the light emitted when the light emitting unit emits light to the outside because the internal light emitting unit is not visible from the outside. It is possible to provide a luminous gemstone that does not reduce the value of the gemstone.

It is structure explanatory drawing of the luminescent jewelry which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a see-through | perspective perspective view of the luminous jewelry which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is structure explanatory drawing of the luminescent jewelry which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
A decorative body 10 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a pearl 11 as a jewel and a base 31 that supports the pearl 11. The base 31 is exemplified by a ring, but can be applied to various ornaments using jewelry such as a necklace, brooch, bracelet, anklet, tiara, hair ornament, earring, cufflink, tie pin, etc. .

The pearl 11 is a jewel having a pearl layer 13 on the surface layer, and can include cultured pearls, South Sea pearls, black butterfly pearls, freshwater pearls, and the like in addition to natural pearls.
Cultured pearls that are most widely distributed have a core 12 in which a shell or the like having translucency is processed, and the surface of the core 12 is covered with a pearl layer 13.

(About LED emitter)
The pearl 11 includes an insertion hole 14 provided from the outside of the nucleus 12 to the inside of the pearl layer 13. The light emitting portion 21 of the LED light emitter is inserted into the insertion hole 14 so that the light emitted from the light emitting portion 21 can be seen from the outside.
The light emitting unit 21 has a column shape in which a light emitting diode is covered with a resin. The light emitting unit 21 is configured to control a light emitting state, a small power source 23 such as a button battery, and a person to turn on / off the power source. Together with the switch 24 to be operated, it constitutes an LED light emitter. The power source 23 is covered with a battery cover 25 as necessary.

Other components of the LED light emitter except the light emitting unit 21 are provided inside the base 31, and the light emitting unit 21 protrudes from the surface of the base 31 in a column shape. The structure of the base 31 can be implemented with various modifications. In this example, the base 31 includes upper and lower covers 33 and 34 provided so as to be openable and closable, and a ring 35 fixed to the lower cover 34. The light emitting part 21 protruding in a column shape upward from the upper cover 33 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the pearl 11, and the inner wall of the insertion hole 14 and the surface of the light emitting part 21 are made of a light-transmitting material such as UV adhesive. Bonded by high adhesive 32. The adhesive 32 may be applied between the outer surface of the pearl 11 around the insertion hole 14 and the surface of the base 31, but it is necessary to prevent the presence of the base 31 from the outside. desirable.

(Concealed reflectivity and light-emitting translucency)
The pearl layer 13 of the pearl 11 is a multi-layered crystal structure in which microcrystals such as calcium carbonate (CaCO ₃ ) are bonded by an elastic biopolymer such as chitin. Interference unique to the pearl in the reflected light due to multi-layer interference. Color is produced.

The pearl layer 13 cannot visually recognize an internal object by the action of the reflected light of the multilayer interference depending on the light from the outside in daily life. In the present invention, this action is referred to as concealment reflection.
Due to the concealed reflectivity of the pearl layer 13, the light emitting part 21 disposed inside the pearl 11 cannot be visually recognized by light from the outside in daily life. There is nothing.

On the other hand, the nacreous layer 13 has a light-transmitting translucency that transmits light emitted from the internal light-emitting portion 21.
As a result, until the light emitting unit 21 is made to emit light by operating the switch 24, the main jewel of the decorative body 10 is constituted as the pearl 11 having the pearl luster that does not change from a normal pearl from the outside, while the light emitting unit 21 Since the emitted light is transmitted to the outside, the entire pearl 11 shines in a spherical shape. As a result, a decorative effect that cannot be obtained with the conventional pearl 11 can be imparted to the decorative body 10.

(Second Embodiment)
As described above, the pearl 11 having concealing reflectivity and light-emitting translucency is a pearl having a relatively light color such as white, yellow, and pink. On the other hand, when the biopolymer such as black butterfly pearl contains a large amount of black or purple pigment or the core 12 contains a large amount of pigment, the light-transmitting property may not be sufficient. In that case, as shown in FIG. 3, the insertion hole 14 is provided with an opening 15 reaching the nucleus 12 from the outside, and a cavity 16 larger than the opening 15 formed in the nucleus 12. can do. By providing such a large cavity 16, the light emission of the light emitting unit 21 can be visually recognized from the outside.

In the implementation, the cavity 16 can be formed by inserting a cutting and polishing tool such as a reuter from the opening 15 and grinding the core 12, but at this time, the core 12 has been completely removed. Then, even a part of the pearl layer 13 may be shaved to increase the light-transmitting property, but at least the surface layer of the pearl layer 13 needs to be left. Further, by changing the thickness of grinding the core 12 and the pearl layer 13, it is possible to partially give light and shade to the light emitting state visible from the outside, thereby expressing a pattern that appears only during light emission. For example, by grinding so that the lower half of the pearl 11 is thinner than the upper half, the emitted light can be observed from the outside around the lower half, so that the upper half of the pearl 11 is It is possible to produce a lighting effect that is illuminated from the lower half, or to produce a lighting effect such as a flame by changing the thickness in the circumferential direction of the pearl 11.
Such a pattern can also be expressed by arranging a film having a light and shade pattern on the surface of the resin layer of the light emitting unit 21.

The inside of the cavity 16 may be left as a space, but it is also preferable to increase the strength and the adhesive fixing property by filling the adhesive 32.

(Other embodiments)
In the above embodiment, the pearl 11 is used as a jewel, but it can also be carried out using other commonly known jewels.
In any embodiment, the light emission color of the light emitting unit 21 is not limited to one color and may be multicolored, or the light emission color may be changed by the function of the control unit 22.
As for the switch 24, blinking may be switched by rotating a base of a gemstone such as the pearl 11 using a rotary switch in addition to a push button type switch.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Decoration body 11 Pearl 12 Core 13 Pearl layer 14 Insertion hole 15 Opening part 16 Hollow part 21 Light emission part 22 Control part 23 Power supply 24 Switch 25 Battery cover 31 Base 32 Adhesive 33 Upper cover 34 Lower cover 35 Ring

Claims (5)

In a decorative body provided with a translucent gemstone and a base for supporting the gemstone,
The jewel comprises an insertion hole provided from the outside to the inside,
A light emitting part is disposed inside the insertion hole,
A light-emitting jewel configured to be able to visually recognize light emitted from the light-emitting portion. The jewel is a pearl having a translucent nucleus and a pearl layer covering the outer periphery thereof,
The insertion hole extends from the nacreous layer to the nucleus,
The nacreous layer has a concealed reflection property that the light emitting unit cannot be visually recognized from the outside when the light emitting unit is not emitting light, and the light emitting transmission that can visually recognize the light emission from the outside when the light emitting unit is emitting light. 2. The luminescent gemstone according to claim 1, wherein the luminescent gemstone has a multi-layered crystal structure having light properties. The luminescent gemstone according to claim 2, wherein the insertion hole includes an opening that reaches the nucleus from the outside and a cavity that is larger than the opening formed in the nucleus. The said light emission part protrudes from the said base, The said light emission part which protruded is inserted in the said insertion hole, and it fixes with the inner wall and the adhesive agent in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The luminous gemstone described. The light emitting unit is composed of LEDs,
The light emitting jewelry according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a control unit and a power source for controlling a light emitting state of the LED are arranged on the base.

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